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Swede

(38,062 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2025, 08:15 PM Thursday

Don Jr. venture capital firm awarded and $620 million contract from the Pentagon - Financial Times [View all]

This is getting ridiculous already.

Vulcan Elements, a small rare earths start-up, will receive the funds as part of a larger deal from the Defense Department. This $620 million loan is the largest made by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-jr-backed-company-cashes-154022527.html

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